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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROBERT E. SCOTT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROBERT E. SCOTT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP IN LAW

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, Robert E. Scott joined the faculty of the School of Law in 1974; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Scott has been Dean of the School of Law since 1991; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Scott, currently the Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Professor of Law and the Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law, has a distinguished national reputation as a scholar and teacher, having been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in recognition of these achievements; and

WHEREAS, an extraordinary number of Dean Scott's friends and associates, and alumni of the School of Law, have contributed generously to create a professorship in his honor;

RESOLVED that the Board of Visitors establishes the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professorship in Law, in the School of Law, and joins the many donors to the professorship in applauding the achievements of Dean Scott.